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Lee Short

Anyone had the 95 or 96 recently?

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Okay, maybe I need to read and taste more, but drinking those 96 Chablis this summer - would a 23 year old Chablis that is oxidized be "premoxed?" How about that it was just "oxidized?" I get that 96 was cool, should age well, and I did have a 97 Leflaive (Combettes?) about 5 years ago that was cle...

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Thank you for sharing your notes! I'll have to raid the farmer's market this weekend 2000 Dauvissat-Camus Chablis La Forest -- Showed very nicely, but I won't hold my remaining bottles much longer. Had that note of gruyere that I love in old Chablis. What is it about these that makes you want to dr...

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Chanterelle tortilla. Made like spanish tortilla, but with chanterelles instead of potatoes. Like enough sauteed chanterelles to fill the skillet, and just enough egg to cover.

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We've been slowly eating our way through a good first harvest of chanterelles. We've had chanterelles in frittata, tortilla, in soups, with halibut, and over fresh tagliatelle. And chanterelles mean chardonnay, a very fine match -- repeatedly confirmed with these dinners. So over the past couple wee...

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The follow-on model to what I have now: The Weber 22" Original Kettle Premium, plus the rotisserie. I'd go 26" if they made a rotisserie for it.

EDIT: I see you were looking for gas. Well, nevermind.

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Martha's Tacos in Lafayette for a palate cleansing lunch.

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If you’re driving I would recommend a wine glass carrying case and take your good glasses. No need to sacrifice when traveling. When we are driving, we often take the convertible, where packing space is definitely at a premium. I suppose if we were only taking 2 stems, that wouldn't really be such ...

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We're looking to get a few wine glasses for traveling. We don't normally like stemless, but for this application the space savings and the lack of a fragile stem are strong benefits, and the early frontrunners are from Schott Zweisel -- Forte Stemless Tumblers and Air Stemless Red Wine Glasses Any o...

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1997 whites in Chablis and the Mâconnais have given me great drinking this year, and Vincent Dauvissat was waxing lyrical about the harvest. Huh. I had my last bottles of 97 Dauvissat Forest and Clos this year, and felt that both of them were past best. Past bottles have been better than the vintag...

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One of the great things about Burgundy is the diverse flavors from different producers and different appellations. It is not surprising at all that different of us have different favorites. I know that this makes Burgundy maddening to a lot of people, but to me this is at the heart of its greatness...

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When I lived in Seattle, I did both onsite and offsite. My offsite was with Seattle Wine Storage, Chuck's place, and I used the very cost effective pallet storage option for wines that I didn't need to access for several years.

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Thanks, guys, for confirming my suspicions.

I wasn't going to spend a ton of money, but there are clearly better places to spend it.

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Is this the same guys who were implicated in fraudulent activity or something back in the day?

Anybody bought older wines from them? Did the wines have good provenance? Looking at some cheaper old burgs.

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+1 on two sinks. Make sure that one of them and the refrigerator are both accessible from the dining room without having to go through the cooking space. Also the silverware drawer. Glass cabinet fronts on the cabinets that will hold dinner plates and glasses. And make these, too, accessible without...

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I've never liked mushrooms pickled in vinegar. The vinegar just dominates the mushroom flavor. Maybe if I ate them within a couple of days of pickling, they would be fine. But then why bother to pickle? I do really like this recipe for marinated mushrooms, though: https://honest-food.net/italian-mar...

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So much doom and gloom (and some good old circular-logical trolling thrown in for good measure). I think there are lots of delicious chardonnays under $35, some even under $20. But folks are right, you won't find them in your average supermarket. I don't find the chardonnays that I drink to have wei...

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Had the 2009 a few weeks ago, and it was lovely. Sounds like it was a bit more ready that the 2010, but still on the young side of its mature period.

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Josh Grossman wrote: ↑
August 29th, 2019, 10:20 pm

RichardFlack wrote: ↑
August 29th, 2019, 10:14 pm
Ok time for thread drift...,
What about Pinot Grigio and Gamay in this regard?
Grigio is tasteless compared to Pinot gris!!!

Said like someone who's only ever tasted crappy examples.

Jermann would like a few words with you out back.

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Resurrecting this thread, because it was great. And chanterelles are definitely here already in both the coast range and the Cascades. Went out Sunday and came back with oodles. Everyone knows that Tortilla Espanola is potatoes held together with eggs and onions. Tortilla a la Gallega is potatoes he...

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I am always up for an aged Oregon Pinot Noir Tasting. I used most of my old wines when I had the shop, but I know there are wines from the early 2000s hiding somewhere. I know I have a lot of one offs if it was a small group. Heck I could do older Chardonnay to start. This has been the trick for th...

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Anyone tried the Bunnahabhain Ceobanach?

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For a white, I strongly recommend the Winkl. I haven't had the 2017, but the 16 and 18 are both fantastic. It certainly won't be like any new world SB, but it's a great example of the whites from the area, in the form of Sauv Blanc. And it does have a lot of SB character. A lot. But the structure ma...

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Here in the Pacific Northwest, summer has been limping along for a couple of weeks, trying not to give way to full-on autumn. One of the sensations that clearly marks fall for me is the smell of fresh chanterelles sauteing in butter. I picked up some chanterelles over the weekend, and cooked them up...

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Robert.A.Jr. wrote: ↑
August 14th, 2019, 9:24 am
That 20176 Thivin is smokin.

Yeah, you know how those time portals heat matter up.

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Thanks! I've always thought something like this would make for an interesting tasting. With my recent tasting of the 2 upper Enderle & Moll bottlings from 2009 I wasn't too thrilled with spatbugunder with 10 years of age on it. I feel like that’s more an Enderle & Moll issue though based on their w...

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I'm skeptical that Zin can stand up to it, unless the Zin already tastes like bourbon.

But Sauv Blanc? Yikes

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Oh, and don't miss Cowan Cellars.

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Late to the party here, but let me second/recommend that you look into: Edmunds St John, Briceland, Cabot, Sandler, Signal Ridge, Mattiasson, Navarro, and Dirty and Rowdy. Lots to look into within your price range, and without stretching your tastes too much. For some bigger wines, I''m not the best...

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Mike Rodgers wrote: ↑
July 28th, 2019, 6:01 am
Glad you enjoyed the Jura wines, Vin Jaune is very interesting, can also be pricey.
Did you try dishes made with this? I had a "poulet au vin jaune" Spectacular.....

If you go mid to late spring, you are likely to find the version with morels. Very high recommended.

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Sarah, yes it was the 12 year. I'll plan on grabbing a bottle of it sooner or later.

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Is Lagavulin really back? Sounds like it must be. Used to drink tons of it back in the day, before they were bought out and disappeared from the market for a couple of years. Tried it a couple of times after the reappearance and thought it was only OK, but probably haven't bought a bottle in 10-12 ...

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Rare Wine Co has the 1981 Lopez de Heredia Gran Riservas (all of them) available. You could do a lot worse. In general, 1981 was a very good but not great year in Rioja, any decent bottling you can find should still be good. I've had good luck with the few 1981 bordeaux I've had, but someone else he...

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I pay for CT, like I said above, please read before you type cheers You called Eric a hypocrite because CT is a pay site. It is not. Congratulations for donating though. not looking for congratulations, just following Eric's annual ask on CT, no brainer I think I typed "maybe" 4WIW thanks for being...

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A little of this, a little of that... At our cabin with some other families. I'm joining the Bedrock bandwagon. Having folks over for a mixed bbq on the Weber kettle (homemade 5-spice brats, chicken thighs in 2 marinades, smoked pork chops, shitakes in ginger/garlic, tomatoes, spring onions). Openi...

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Malted barley.

Preferably with peat.

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Paul, the MATTHIASSON Linda Vista from Napa is excellent, usually around 28-30 bucks. It's made in a crisper cleaner style, sans all the vanilla, glycerine and junk like that. Here is a link if you want to see the wine I am talking about.... https://www.matthiasson.com/wines/detail?item=2017-matthi...

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I want to put a case of 2017s together, and have access to the following wines. Which wines and how much of each would you recommend? TIA. 2017 Chateau Thivin Brouilly Reverdon 2017 Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Zaccharie 2017 Domaine du Vissoux Fleurie les Garants 2017 Domaine du Vissoux F...

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Had a bottle of this on Sunday with chicken and morels in vin rouge over brown rice (rather than the classical vin jaune, and bread). Decanted 15 minutes before serving, and was fantastic from the start. Faded a wee bit after several hours, but was still quite fine. If the Roncieres is this good, ca...

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Best fast food fries I've had are here in PDX at the local chain Little Big Burger.

Go for the fries, get a burger to fill out your meal.

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To follow up on my earlier post, I found and opened a bottle of 2002 Roillette (regular) on Thursday night. The cork was as perfect a 17-year-old cork as I've ever seen. The wine showed nicely, better than the last bottle I had a few months ago. Still on the downslope, but just barely. Definitely dr...

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Drinking 2007s mostly. 2002s, I have a few, but they should have been drunk by now, just need to find the few remaining bottles and do them in. 2000s are still holding nicely, but most have been drinking well for a while. Last 2005s I had needed more time, but that was a couple of years ago. Haven't...

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Haven't had any 09s recently, but I the Brun Moulin-a-Vent is often a wine for the long haul. The 00 is still on the early side of maturity.

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SC Mountain Chard is a leaner style than say Russian River or Napa, but they are still a poster child of new world fruitier versions of Chardonnay in comparison to mineral driven, higher acid Chablis. Perhaps Oregon/Washington would be closer stylistically than SC Mountains. So I completely agree t...

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3,000 dollars to ship 42 bottles of wine? Damn. You can't Fed Ex them? If you are truly compelled to transport them, that's hardly any space you are taking up. Keep them in the temperature controlled part of the vehicle with you and they will remain at the same temperature as you for the entire tri...

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I don't, for the reasons others have said. I've got a substantial number of bottles, and entering them all would be a nontrivial task. I've made an uneasy truce with the amount of paperwork I already have in my life, and adding in the everyday chore of entering new purchases and bottles consumed isn...

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Thanks for the note, Doug. Don't have the 02 Epenots, just the Rugiens, and wasn't planning on opening one for another five years or more. It sounds like my intuition was good, but it's good to have some degree of confirmation.

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Todd Hamina wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2019, 8:35 pm
Something from the Szepsy family.

Listen to Todd, for he is wise man.

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White: I can't help you with a selection from CA, but if you're willing to make this your one Euro wine, the 2017 Pepiere Muscadet Clos des Briords is a knock out. You won't regret it. Sparkling: I can't improve on your own idea of Schramsberg. I do quite like the Signal Ridge "Little Pink Bubbles,"...

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Bumping this thread to see if we can't actually get something hashed out.

Last Friday in May? First Friday in June?

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